JD Vance Attacked AOC for Promoting a “Sociopathic Attitude” About Children
Screenshot/Napa Institute/YouTube Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When JD Vance appeared as a special guest at the 2021 summer conference of the Napa Institute, a Catholic organization that seeks to “advance the re-evangelization of the United States,” he was weathering a storm for…
White Man Tells Black Journalists His Black Opponent Is Not Black
Paul Beaty/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention on Wednesday shocked audience members within its opening minutes, as the GOP presidential nominee insulted the moderators—three Black women—claiming their opening question…
J.D. Vance Says He Gets Bad Press Because Most Journalists Are “Childless Adults”
Intercollegiate Studies Institute/screenshot/YouTube Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. GOP vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance was slammed this week when a video of a 2021 Fox News appearance emerged in which he smeared Vice President Kamala Harris: He described her as being one of…
The Far Right Has Finally Figured Out How to Hone Its Racist Attack on Kamala Harris
Mother Jones illustration; Kenny Holston/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “You hear ‘DEI’ and you probably think of your job’s HR department,” explains Kat Abughazaleh. “But for your QAnon uncle, ‘DEI’ is an activation phrase to send the most unhinged memes in the…
The DNC Just Launched Its First Paid Media Ad Against J.D. Vance
Former President Donald Trump named US Senator JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his Vice Presidential running mate on July 15, 2024 at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump announced his selection of…
This Woman Drove Straight to Milwaukee After Watching Trump Get Shot
Gene J. Puskar/AP; James West/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Reneé White, 57, was standing on the bleachers right behind former President Donald Trump in the “tight shot” for the campaign cameras on Saturday afternoon in Butler, Pennsylvania. It was a long…